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'File 2/5 III SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS' [52r] (108/418)
The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 20 Nov 1909-18 Oct 1933. It was written in English, Arabic and Turkish. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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watch her own frontiers. It was not Kuwait*s
business to do this.
(g) Lastly I pointed out that with Bin Baud’s
Customs duties averaging 150$ ad valorem and Iraq’s
averaging some 60$ it was obvious that 90$ of the
contraband trade would go into Saudi Arabia, for
clearly the profits were so much greater, Kuwait’s
whole policy was to break Bin Baud’s Blockade,
whether by sea or land. They had a definite quarrel
with Bin Saud but none with Iraq.
(h) Kconclusion I suggested with some diffidence
that the Iraq Customs should be qi^jeful not to
swallow all the stories of the many Fao and Zubair
sp|ros who they employed. These men had to live,
and good information meant good pay.
(i) I think I was able to make Mr. Monk see a little
of Kuwait’s point of view before I left.
On Wednesday the £nd August .
I had a full and frank discussion with
Ir, Stafford with regard to my discussions with
Mr, Monk. I think I was able to clear up much that
was not understood before. In particular I believe
I was ablo to convince Mr. Stafford that the so
called "Contraband" running from Kuwait to Iraq
was nothing like as serious as the Iraq Government
tried to make out. I offered the suggestion that
perhaps it was part and parcel of the Shatt al Arab
gardens business, and might not be unconnected with
the Iraq Government’s desire to get control of
Kuwait-
7. I returned to Kuwait by air on 5rd August.
(nT
Lt-Colonel,
?o1itical Agent,Kuwait.
&|c 8th August 1955.
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The volume contains correspondence related to the date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait, Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, in southern Iraq. In particular, the correspondence concerns the court suit raised in Basra Court by members of al-Zuhair family complaining against the Ruler of Kuwait. The suit in question concerns a portion of the Shaikh’s Faddaghiya estate on Shatt al-Arab, and the Bashiya land to which members of al-Zuhair family lays claim to. According to the reports, the Faddaghiya estate was owned by Aisha, wife of Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Al-Zuhair, and she has given her husband a Power of Attorney to sell the land.
In the volume, British officials discuss issues related to the land registration granted to the Shaikh by Sir Henry Dobbs, Revenue Commissioner, Basra, in 1915, and the importance of obtaining an original copy of the claimed Power of Attorney authorising the sale of the land by Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Zuhair. British officials correspond with the Shaikh and his lawyer, Jacob Gabriel, asking them to prepare certain documents, including a list of the names of the legal living heirs of Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Zuhair, an original Turkish copy of the Power of Attorney, and translated copies of the document both in Arabic and English.
The volume includes notes of meetings held in Baghdad between British officials discussing the cases. It also includes copies of the four Tapu title deeds (ff 55-64) connected with the Shaikh of Kuwait’s Faddaghiya estate dispute, dated 1915. The volume also includes reports on agrarian troubles caused by the fellaheen Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. on the Shaikh’s Faw estates.
The main correspondence in the volume is between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait, British Ambassador, Baghdad, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London, the Foreign Office, London, the Ruler of Kuwait and Jacob Gabriel, the Shaikh’s Agent in Basra.
The volume’s core correspondence covers June- October 1933. The earlier start date given to the volume is a result of correspondence by Jacob Gabriel (f 153), which is dated 20 November 1909. The correspondence includes a certificate from a school where he was a pupil. Jacob Gabriel provides testimonies and letters from previous places and people he worked with to prove his ability to take the Shaikh’s case on.
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- 1 volume (205 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 207; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 6-202, ff 42-127, and ff 176-202; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File 2/5 III SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:32v, 38r:53v, 65r:65v, 70r:70v, 76r:108v, 110r:122v, 125r:150v, 164r:166v, 169r:186v, 193r:206v, back-i
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